Combination toilet article



R. E. BROWN.

COMBINATION TOILET ARTICLE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 7. 1918.

Patented June 22, 1920.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

R. E. BROWN.

COMBINATION TOILET ARTICLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 1. 1918.

1 43,959. Patented June 22, 1920.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- 5mm x UNITED STATE Sp P A TENT orrlcs.

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T0 aZZ-whomit may concern:

Be it known that I", Ronsn'r E. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residingat Olean,i1r the county of Oattaraugus and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination- Toilet Articles, 'of'which the following is a specification. v r

This invention relates to combination toilet articles and more particularly toa combined razor hone, razor strop, razor carrier, and mirror,-one aim oft-he invention being to so constructand arrange the-cornponent elements of thearticlethat the article as a whole will beneat and compact thus especially recommending it for use by soldiers, sailors and travelers- The article embodying the present invention, includes astock which comprises hingedly connected'sections and 1t ls'one 0b- 'ject of the invention to provide a hinge connection between the said sections of such a character that when the sections are relatively closed or brought together, the strop element of'the article Will be drawn taut throughout the length of; itsportion which is to be used as a; razor strop so that by.

merely closing the sections of the stock, the

strop will be placed under propertension.

The i'nvention'also contemplates the utilization of one endofthestrop as'a means for of the stock in such'a manner that should the strop become so stretched through constant use as to not be properly tensioned when the-sections of the stock are closed, the

slack may be taken up through the medium of said connection for thesaid end of the strop. I

Another aim of the invention is to construct themeeting sides of the sections of the stock so as to house-and adequately protect a razor disposedtherebetween.

The invention? also has as its object the provision, in an article of this class, of a" metallic mirror carried by one of the sections of the stock and, adapted to honormally housed, when not' in "use, beneaththe strop of the article so 'as tojbe protected, and adapted further'when to be made use of, to be swung to position extendingbeyond one side of the stock, the stock at such time constituting afirm base or support for the p Specification of Letters Patent; Patented 1920. i application filed. January 7, 1918 Serial No. 210,728.- i I mirror. The invention further has as its supported in spaced' relat'ion to-thesaid surface -so-asnotto become scratched or other.- i

wise injured and so that furthermore; ifi'the j surface; be a p'olishe'd'one it will not be scratchedhy e contact of the hone therewith. p a p In the accompanying! drawings :1;

*Figure' 1 a perspect ve View of the' art-i cle embodying the present invention closed and imposition forthe stroppil'igof-a razor; Fig. 2 is a similar View but" illustrating the aiticle open, or in other 'ords,'ti1e'sections of the stockswung apart;

Fig. 3- is a vertical longitudinal sectionalview through the article closed y F ig: 4' is azperspective-view ofi'the-article illustrating the manner in which the same is to be ar-mnged when using the mirror; The article embodyin the present invention includesa stock W 'icli is indicated in general by the numeral 1 and saidstock comprises thesectio'ns 2 and 3 whichmay be formed from wood a or any other suitable material and which are ofoblong-form'i The inner or meeting faces of the said sections Q'and 3, indicatedingeneral by thenumerals l and 5 respectively, arefl'at so that when the sections are swung togetheror closedthese faces ofthe sections will snugly fit against each other. At one endofthestock,

however, the said faces of the sections 2'and 3 are beveled or inclined, as indicated by r they numeral T6, "in outwardly diverging planes andsecured to the bevels 6 are the leaves 7 of one or more hinges 8 which" serve to hingedly connect the sections so that they 'may be swung'tothe closed; position shown in Figs. 1, 3iand'4 ofthe' 'drawings," or to the open position shown inF-ig, 2. In

order that arazor, indicated by" the'refrence letter B, may be housed between the sections Qand 3 of the stock 1, the faces 4 and 5 of the said sections are recessed as indicatedby the numeral'9; so as to form 'a relatively long'and narrow pocket t(')f-re'cei ve the razor, the recesses forming thep'ocket being each preferablyprovidedwith a lining;1 0 of any desiredmateriah'su'ch for ex-'- ample as plush or, iffdesired', a water-proof or moisture excluding material. By referj to side of the said outer faces of the sections and longitudinally of the said faces throughout nearly their entire length but terminating short ofthe ends of the sections. A hone 13 is set into the outer face .of the section 3 in the depression 12 and the working face of this hone occupies a plane lyinginwardly of a plane touching the said outer face of the said section 3 at the ends of the depression so that when the article is disposed upon. a surface in the position shown in Fig.- 3 of the drawings, the saidworking face of the hone will be spaced above said surface.

As stated above the depressions 11 and 12 terminate short of-the ends of the'sections in which they are formed and as a result shoulders 14 and 15 are formed upon the outer face of the section 2, respectively at the lunged and free ends of the section, and

similar shoulders 16 and 17 are formed upon the outerface of the section 3, respectively p at the hinged and free ends of the said section. The outer surfaces of the shoulders 14, 15, 16 and 17-are rounded in the direction of -length of the stock, the rounded surfaces of the shoulders 14 and 16 extending between the adjacent ends of the depressions 11 and 12, respectively, and the outer ends of the beveled surfaces 6, and the ounded faces of the shoulders 15 and 17 extending between the said. depressions in the respective sections and the adjacent ends of the faces 4 and of the respective scctions. Thus in the latter instance at the end of the stock opposite the end at which the hinged is located, there is provided a substantially continuouslyrounded surface extending eccentrically to the hinge joint and in an arc thecenter of which lies at a. point in the line of the meeting faces of the sections 2 and 3fof the stock.

The numeral 18 indicates a strop oflcather or other suitable material and at one end this strep is passed over the curved faces of the shoulders and. 17, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. and thesaid strep is secured ad j acent this terminal. to the free end of the section 2 of the stock by means of a transverse plate 1.9, and securing elements 20, the plate 19 being disposed against the outer face of the strop and the securing elements being driven through openings in the said plate, through the strop, and into the shoulder15 of the section 2. In this manner the said end ofthe strop is permanently fixed with relation to the shoulder 15 and the end portion of th'e'strop beyond its point of attachment to the said shoulder constituting a flap 21 which carries the socket member 22 of a snap fastening device, the stud member of which device is indicated by the numeral. 23, and is secured upon. the section 3 of the stock directly inwardlyiof the shoulder 17 and in the depression 12. It will now be understood that when the sections 2 and 3 have been swungto closed position, they may be held in such position by bringing the flap 21 over the shoulder .17 and engaging the socket member 22 with the stud member 23. From its point of attachment to the shoulder 15 of the section 2 of the stock, the strop 18 is led longitudinally above the section 2 and the depression 11 therein and at its oppositeend is passed over the rounded faces of the shoulders 14 and '16 and secured at its extremity to the under side or outer faceof the section 3 by means 'of a clamp device which will now be described. The clamp device above referred to comprises a'jaw 24 and a jaw 25 and the saidjaw 24 is disposed against the said outer face of the section 3 of the stock in the depression 12 and is permanently secured in place by means of fastening elements 26. The said clamp device is formed from sheet metal and initially the jaws 24 and are relatively spread apart. At its free or transverse edge, the jaw 25 is formed with teeth 27, and after the terminal of the strop'l8 has been inserted between the jaws, the jaw 2-5 is struck down toward the jaw 24 so as to cause the terminal of the strop to be gripped by the jaws and also to cause the teeth 27 to bite into the strop. From the foregoing it will be understood that due to the peculiar hin e connection between the sections 2 and 3 or the stock 1, the rounded faces of the shoulders 14 and 16 will be brought toward each other when the sections 2 and 3 are swung apart, and on the other hand caused to move away from each other as the sections are swung to closed position. Thus when the sections are swung.

apart, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. the strop 18 will be relieved-of tension, but when the sections are swung closed, the rounded faces of the shoulders 14 and 16 will ride against the inner surface of the strep ,18 in a manner to drawthe strop tight between its pointsof attachment to the sec tions 2 and 3 respectively. Thus the portion of the strop which extends between the shoulders 14 and .15 will be held taut and at the proper tension for stropping of a razor. when the sections 2 and 3 are ,inthe closed position. shown in Figs. 1 and 30f the drawings. Should the strop become stretched so up the jaw 25 of the clamping device above described, disengaging the terminal portion of the strop held thereby, cutting off a short length of the strop at its terminal, and then reinserting the terminal of the strop into the clamp and closing down the jaw 25. It will further be apparent that as the strop, in the closed position of the sections 2 and 3, is under tension, when the flap 21 is disengaged from thesection 3, the resiliency of the strop will act to hold the sections 2 and 3 apart so as to permit of ready access to the pocket in which the razor is contained. It will also be understood by reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings that the portions of the strop which extend beneath the shoulders 16 and 17 constitute cushioned rests for the article when the same is disposed upon a polished surface and prevent scratching of said surface and at the same time prevent the working face of the hone 13 coming in contact with such surface.

The mirror element of the article comprises a metallic oblong plate 28 having a polished or mirror face 29, and this plate is of such dimensions as to be adapted to be housed within the depression 11 and between the face of the depression and the portion of the strop 18 which extends above the said depression. A pivot pin or screw 30 is fitted through an opening formed in the plate 28 near one corner of the plate and in this manner the plate is swiveled to the outer face of the section 2 of the stock and is adapted to be swung to position lying wholly within the depression 11, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, or to a position extending upwardly from one side of the stock, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. In order that the mirror may be held in either of the positions desired, the face of the depression 11 is formed with spaced sockets 31 and 32 located in a line which is an are having at its center the pivot 30, and the mirror plate 28 is indented to form a shallow protuberance 33designed to seat in either of the sockets 31 or 32, the plate being sufficiently resilient to permit of the protuberance riding into or out of the socket as the plate is swung upon its pivot. It will be understood, of course, that when the plate has been swung to bring the protuberance into engagement in the socket 31, the said mirror plate will be housed within the depression 11 and on the other hand when the mirror plate has been swung to bring the protuberance into engagement in the socket 32, the plate will be held in the upright position shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings, the stock at such time constitut-- ing a solid and substantial base forthe mirror late. v

aving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: i

1, In a device of the class described, a 1

stock comprising members hingedly connected at one end, a strop secured to one of said members at a point remote from the hinged end thereof and passed around the hinged ends of the said members andrsecured to the other one ofsaid members, the non-contacting faces of the said members at their hinged ends being provided with shoulders engaging the inner v surface of the strop and rounded eccentrically with respect'to the hingejoint.

- 2. In a device of the class described, a stock com-prising members hingedly connected at one end, a strop secured to oneof said members at a point remote from the hinged end thereof and passed around the hinged ends of thesaid members and secured to the other one of said members inwardly of the hinged end of the latter, the

flap portion and the second-mentioned member.

3. In a device of the class described, a stock comprising members having mutually abutting faces and having their faces at one end outwardly beveled, a hinge havingits leaves secured to the bevels of the said faces and hingedly connecting the said members at their said ends, the outer faces of the members at their hinged ends having rounded shoulders, and a strop secured to the free end of one of the members and extending longitudinally above the said member and thence about the said rounded shoulders and secured at its other end to the other end of the said members inwardly of the said hinge. I

i 4. In a device of the class described, a stock comprising members hingedly connected at one end, a strop secured to the outer face of one of the members at a point remote from the hinged end thereof and passed around the hinged ends of the said members and secured to the other one of said members inwardly of the hinged end thereof, the first mentioned member being provided upon its said face atv its said hinged end with a shoulder having a portion eccentric to the hinge joint'to engage the inner side of the adjacent portion of the strop when the members are closed.

In testimon whereof I aflix m signature. 

